By David Crystal

New from Cambridge University Press!

By Peter Mark Roget

This book "supplies a vocabulary of English words and idiomatic phrases 'arranged … according to the ideas which they express'. The thesaurus, continually expanded and updated, has always remained in print, but this reissued first edition shows the impressive breadth of Roget's own knowledge and interests."

Published annually since 1985, the International Yearbook of Lexicographycontains the following sections: Essays, Discussions, ConferenceProceedings, Work-in-Progress, Reviews and a current bibliography ofperiodical articles dedicated to lexicography. The essay section consistsof both subject-related and a non-thematic parts. "Lexicographica" ispublished in conjunction with the Dictionary Society of North America(DSNA) and the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX).